Jennie Williams (born 1981) is a Canadian

Inuk Inuit (; iu, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, , dual: Inuuk, ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and ...

photographer, filmmaker and throat singer from

Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...

. She is most noted for her short documentary film ''

Nalujuk Night ''Nalujuk Night'' is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Jennie Williams and released in 2021. The film documents the tradition of "Nalujuk Night" among Inuit of Nunatsiavut, an annual event in which Nalujuit—"startling figures that ...

'', which won the

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for Best Short Documentary at the

10th Canadian Screen Awards The 10th Canadian Screen Awards were held on April 10, 2022, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television and digital media production in 2021.Etan Vlessing"Maitreyi Ramakrishnan to Receive Canadian Screen Awards Special Honor" ''The Hollyw ...

in 2022. Originally from

Happy Valley-Goose Bay Happy Valley-Goose Bay (Inuit: ''Vâli'') is a town in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Located in the central part of Labrador on the coast of Lake Melville and the Churchill River, Happy Valley-Goose Bay is the largest popul ...

, Williams moved to St. John's in early adulthood, and later to Nain."Inuk Photographer and Filmmaker Recipient of Indigenous Advocate Award"
VOCM, June 21, 2022. In Nain, she began researching and documenting the cultural traditions of the region's Inuit population, becoming known as a documentary photographer for her series of black-and-white photographs of the community.Nelly Guidici
"La banquise en noir et blanc"
''

L'Aquilon ''L'Aquilon'' is a Canadian weekly community newspaper, which serves the Franco-Ténois community in the Northwest Territories. The newspaper, which publishes 1,000 copies every Friday, operates from offices in Yellowknife and Hay River Hay River ...

'', March 31, 2022. In 2022, she was the recipient of the annual Indigenous Advocate Award from First Voice, a cultural organization for indigenous people in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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* 1981 births 21st-century Canadian photographers 21st-century Canadian women artists 21st-century indigenous artists of the Americas 21st-century indigenous women of the Americas Canadian documentary film directors Canadian women film directors Canadian women documentary filmmakers Canadian women photographers Film directors from Newfoundland and Labrador Directors of Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners for Best Short Documentary Film Inuit filmmakers Canadian Inuit women People from Happy Valley-Goose Bay Living people Inuit from Newfoundland and Labrador {{Canada-film-director-stub